Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson regarded himself as a poet and some of his best known poems are 'Threnody,' 'Brahma,' and 'The Concord Hymn.' His poetic side might not have been well manifest in the structure of his verse. But, the thoughts conveyed in them are truly moving. Read some of what Ralph Waldo Emerson has left behind for all of humanity to enjoy. If you want me to include your favorite Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes on this site, please fill out the quotation suggestion form.

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He thought it happier to be dead, To die for Beauty, than live for bread.

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote
Good bye, proud world! I’m going home; Thou art not my friend; I am not thine.

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote
He is great who is what he is from Nature, and who never reminds us of others.

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote
Wilt thou seal up the avenues of ill? Pay every debt, as if God wrote the bill!

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote
The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one.

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote
For what are they all in their high conceit, When man in the bush with God may meet?

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote
Love not the flower they pluck and know it not, And all their botany is Latin names.

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote
God may forgive sins, he said, but awkwardness has no forgiveness in heaven or earth.

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote
In fact, it is as difficult to appropriate the thoughts of others as it is to invent.

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote
I see that sensible men and conscientious men all over the world were of one religion.